Management Research News: Volume 19 Issue 6

FACTORS AFFECTING INTENTIONS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF FACTORY AUTOMATION (FA): A SURVEY OF SMALL MANUFACTURERS

Jaesun Park, John K.S. Chong

A great contest is changing American manufacturing firms. Worldwide competitors have imposed growing pressures on American manufacturers to become more competitive. In addition…

QUALITY AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIMENSION

Adrian Wilkinson, Mick Marchington, Barrie Dale, Graham Godfrey

In this paper we describe the context for the three year project “Quality and the Human Resource Dimension” funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACTIVITIES OF HUNGARIAN FIRMS

Robert D. Hisrich, Gyula Fulop

To understand the development of a market‐oriented economy in Hungary from a previously‐centrally‐planned one, it is necessary to look at events occurring from 1947 to 1982, and…

WHY “MANAGER‐DIRECTED” WORK GROUPS ARE IMPORTANT: THREE FORGOTTEN REASONS

Ronald W. Clement

Anyone who has followed the literature of management in recent years knows that self‐directed work groups (SDWGs) are being used by a growing number of companies. In fact, about…

NEURAL NETWORK SIMULATION: A NEW APPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT AND BUSINESS FORECASTING

Michael Peel, Nick Wilson

Neural Networks (NN's), one of the latest developments in computer software artificial intelligence, are an innovative method of simulating and analysing complex and changing…

EFFECTIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS — A MODEL FOR BUSINESS

Robert S. Kline

Forty years ago the coverage of business news by the media was scant or non‐existent. At best, local newspapers carried the stock market report. Gradu‐ally this situation has…